Leading Researchers Highlight Key Discoveries at Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Mental Health Research Symposium on October 26 in New York City

WHAT:Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announces its 23rd Annual Mental Health Research Symposium featuring 14 leading mental health researchers sharing new breakthroughs and insights on schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, cognitive neuroscience and childhood psychiatric disorders. The event is open to the public at no charge. Registration is required.

MODERATORS & COMMENTATORS:Symposium moderators will be Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D. and Karen Dineen Wagner, M.D., Ph.D., both of University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and Anthony A. Grace, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. All are members of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council, a prestigious group of mental health researchers that leads the rigorous and competitive process of identifying the most promising ideas for NARSAD Grants to fund each year.

SUMMARY:Since 1987, the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has awarded nearly $300 million in over 4,000 NARSAD Grants to scientists worldwide. The Foundation is committed to alleviating the suffering of mental illness by awarding grants that will lead to advances and breakthroughs in scientific research. “The Foundation will highlight leading mental health researchers who have made significant breakthroughs in the field at its research symposium,” said Benita Shobe, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation president and CEO. “The research findings and insights to be shared point toward improved lives for the one in four Americans who struggle with mental illness. It is through research like this that we move forward on the pathway from discovery to recovery for all the individuals and families living with mental illness.”

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